MIYAGI –
A 36-year-old Tokyo bar proprietor was arrested on October 5 on suspicion of abandoning the physique of his 25-year-old girlfriend in a mountainous space of Miyagi Prefecture, with police additionally investigating whether or not he was concerned in her dying.
The suspect, Takuya Miura, lives in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward and operates a bar. He is suspected of disposing of the physique of Maho Muroga, 25, within the mountains of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on September 28.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Miura and Muroga had been in a relationship and had been residing collectively at an condominium in Nerima Ward.
The case got here to gentle after Muroga’s mom contacted police, saying she had been unable to achieve her daughter since September 27.
Muroga’s physique was discovered on October 4 in a mountainous space of Kurihara, about 350 kilometers from the couple’s residence in Nerima Ward. A plastic bag had been positioned across the space of her head, though police mentioned there have been no apparent exterior accidents.
Investigative sources mentioned Miura is believed to have used his personal car to move and eliminate Muroga’s physique.
Customers at Miura’s bar expressed shock at his arrest. One buyer mentioned, “I only had the impression that he was a kind person. Frankly, I can’t believe it.” Asked whether or not Miura had ever appeared emotional in his on a regular basis habits, the client mentioned, “I didn’t think he was the type of person who would become emotional.”
However, a close-by resident mentioned she had beforehand heard what seemed like an argument involving a younger lady.
“Two or three months ago, a young woman was speaking very loudly on her phone and sounded angry with the person she was talking to,” the resident mentioned. “I had wondered about it until today. Now I wonder whether it was connected to this case.”
Miura has denied the allegation throughout questioning by the Metropolitan Police Department, telling investigators, “I don’t remember.”
Police are investigating what occurred between the couple and suspect Miura may have been concerned in Muroga’s dying.